this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines. on the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the us capitol building, the house of representatives meets for a fourth day to try to select a speaker. this is the scene live in congress where republican kevin mccarthy has lost vote number twelve —— but he has gained more support for his bid to lead the lower chamber. meanwhile president biden will mark the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the us capitol with a ceremony at the white house shortly. ukraine says russia is continuing to carry out attacks — despite declaring a ceasefire for the orthodox christmas. prince harry faces criticism over remarks about killing taliban fighters in afghanistan

in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space —— the countdown�*s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington — which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results — there's still gridlock in the us house of representatives — as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 12th vote has not broken the deadlock. but, there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy.

1a conservative republicans — who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority — have now swung behind mr mccarthy. but it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. the honourable band mac of the state of california has received 213. no member elect having received a majority of the votes cast, the speaker has not been elected. for more on that, we are joined now by our correspondent in washington, will grant. what the stalemate have? things are at least moving _ what the stalemate have? things are at least moving today _ what the stalemate have? things are at least moving today compared - what the stalemate have? things are at least moving today compared to i at least moving today compared to the last _ at least moving today compared to the last three days when nothing was changing _ the last three days when nothing was changing. in fact it was going further— changing. in fact it was going further away from midnight with each boat.

further away from midnight with each boat it_ further away from midnight with each boat. it went 21 votes out at one point. — boat. it went 21 votes out at one point. he _ boat. it went 21 votes out at one point. he is — boat. it went 21 votes out at one point. he is now flipped at least 13 of those _ point. he is now flipped at least 13 of those colleagues but that still leaves a — of those colleagues but that still leaves a seven to go. bear in mind that he _ leaves a seven to go. bear in mind that he can — leaves a seven to go. bear in mind that he can only afford to have fort republican — that he can only afford to have fort republican congress persons voted against _ republican congress persons voted against him in order to become the speakeh _ against him in order to become the speaker. are there wiggle room? i guess— speaker. are there wiggle room? i guess there will be more negotiations. one looks at the list of some _ negotiations. one looks at the list of some of— negotiations. one looks at the list of some of those holding out and assumes— of some of those holding out and assumes that they if they are not happy— assumes that they if they are not happy the stage they may never be. with kevin— happy the stage they may never be. with kevin mccarthy as speaker and they have _ with kevin mccarthy as speaker and they have made that clear from the start _ they have made that clear from the start. reeking of people like matt .aze start. reeking of people like matt gaze or— start. reeking of people like matt gaze or laura who have made it clear that they _ gaze or laura who have made it clear that they are — gaze or laura who have made it clear that they are part of the never cabih— that they are part of the never cabin group. there may be more leeway— cabin group. there may be more leeway for— cabin group. there may be more leeway for mothers to perhaps get this over_ leeway for mothers to perhaps get this over the line. we are expecting to see _ this over the line. we are expecting to see president biden to mark the

second _ to see president biden to mark the second and — to see president biden to mark the second and diversity of the us capitol— second and diversity of the us capitol attack will commute sick to hear from? — capitol attack will commute sick to hear from? that is the backdrop for everything — hear from? that is the backdrop for everything here today. until now it has been _ everything here today. until now it has been the political theatre playing — has been the political theatre playing out of the house. i think mines _ playing out of the house. i think mines are — playing out of the house. i think mines are cast back to two years ago when _ mines are cast back to two years ago when the _ mines are cast back to two years ago when the floor of the house was full of insurrectionist coming in from outside. — of insurrectionist coming in from outside. to— of insurrectionist coming in from outside, to facing walls and generally showing complete displeasure and opposition to the democratic process. in the us and in the house _ democratic process. in the us and in the house i— democratic process. in the us and in the house. ithink democratic process. in the us and in the house. i think president biden will reflect that tone. if we think about— will reflect that tone. if we think about the — will reflect that tone. if we think about the way that then speaker nancy pelosi has talked about it, about _ nancy pelosi has talked about it, about the — nancy pelosi has talked about it, about the physical scars in emotional trauma left behind from the moment that shook the nation to its core _ the moment that shook the nation to its core we — the moment that shook the nation to its core. we will see mr biden present— its core. we will see mr biden present metals, presidential citizens— present metals, presidential citizens metals which is the second

highest _ citizens metals which is the second highest honour that can be presented to citizens _ highest honour that can be presented to citizens to 12 people. who say they went — to citizens to 12 people. who say they went above and beyond on that fateful _ they went above and beyond on that fateful day. it does still sit high in the _ fateful day. it does still sit high in the american psyche ethic. the revelations from prince harry keep coming after his memoir — due out next week — was published early by mistake in spain. from the extent of his drug taking, to the claim that he discovered queen elizabeth had died from the bbc website rather than his family — it's all laid out in pubilc. meanwhile there's been criticism and unease about his claim to have killed 25 taliban fighters — desribing them as chess pieces. a former british commander has called his comments "ill—judged". our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. it is a raw, unflinching story of his life, intimate even embarrassing details shared. pain, anger, sadness explored.

prince harry's spare has spared very little and the reaction to it has been polarising. in the book harry describes the day his grandmother the queen died. his family travelled to balmoral without him after a row. harry eventually charted his own flight. by the time he arrived in scotland the queen had died. he found out as his plane was about to land. it is some of the personal stories that are perhaps the most shocking to read. harry tells us in great detail how he lost his virginity aged 17 to an older woman in a field behind a pub. he confirms that he had a relationship with the tv presenter caroline flack who died almost three years ago and in the book and then the interviews to publicise it he describes using drugs as a teenager. there is a fair amount of drugs,

marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine, that is going to surprise people. but important to acknowledge. elsewhere his main american interview deals with racial bias in the media. i had no idea they were so bigoted. i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. this would be familiar territory for diana in many ways. she cooperated on her own book filled with revelations. almost 30 years on the shock factor has been repeated. do you think this book is going to be very damaging for the royalfamily? i think it will be, because remember diana always used to say to me that— harry was the back—up, in the nicest possible way. and she wanted harry to be william's wing man, not as we have seen, his hit man.

reflecting on his army service in afghanistan, harry says he believes he killed 25 taliban fighters, a claim many in the military view is a misjudgment. i think he is wrong when he says in his book that in were seen as being inhuman and just as chess pieces to be knocked over. that is not the case at all and not the way the british army trains people as he claims. and in an extraordinary development the taliban has criticised harry saying the people he killed were human, with families waiting for their return. the publishers promised in revelation and self—examination. the book seems to have delivered than there may be more to come as his well trailed tv interviews are broadcast in the coming days including a more light—hearted turn on the late—night american chat show. tuesday in a late—night exclusive,

that's an exclusive, prince harry right here on this show. prince harry's truth as well and truly out there. from the royalfamily, still no comment. daniella relph, bbc news. well, let's speak to our security correspondent, frank gardner, who's following this story and joins us from south west london. prince harry claims to have killed 25 taliban fighters and likens the taking of taking human life from removing chess pieces. you are harry words reflect the prevailing culture of british troops in afghanistan at the time? hot of british troops in afghanistan at the time? ., ., . . ., ., . , the time? not according to officers who served — the time? not according to officers who served with _ the time? not according to officers who served with him _ the time? not according to officers who served with him at _ the time? not according to officers who served with him at the - the time? not according to officers who served with him at the time. l who served with him at the time. wincing is the way i would characterise their reaction to this. they are saying it is absolutely counter to the culture that they try

to imbue into people. that every single time a trigger was pressed, there was a legal team involved. so at the time he was based at camp bastian when he was a goner and copilot and there was a legal team embedded there with the military. and they went over every single engagement. using something called the gun camera which would be in the nose of the helicopter gunship and that was examined. so yes it was possible that he could have countered this number up but i'm told by a number of people, very clearly no one did that and that was absolutely counter to their conscience so people have appalled that he would make this allegation which seems to have backfired which has not endeared him to the military were the taliban which have criticised him there because the idea of dehumanizing your enemy is

simply chess pieces to be knocked over from 3000 feet is not what the army air corps was trying to instill a people at all. flit army air corps was trying to instill a peeple at all-— a people at all. of course there is a people at all. of course there is a wider risk. _ a people at all. of course there is a wider risk, broader _ a people at all. of course there is| a wider risk, broader consequence of dehumanizing the enemy in that way. prince harry has obviously has his own security although he does not have the world production that he had before —— protection but there are plenty of people who served with him who will be deeply uncomfortable about this. should someone wish to take action on it. it is not the first time that he is upset the taliban like this. back when he was serving he did an interview in which he referred to, compared it to playstation by what he meant was the consul, the physical control system that an apache goner has is a little similar to the consul that is used

in playstation. but it came across very badly and the taliban at the time heavily criticised him saying, we are not a game, prince harry. this is not a game. this is war and this is afghanistan and do not belittle and trivialise the conflict that that country was undergoing. so i think the view in the military both past and present serving members is pretty negative about this. ., ~ members is pretty negative about this. . ,, , ., members is pretty negative about this. . , . , this. thank you. our security correspondent _ this. thank you. our security correspondent there. - now to the war in ukraine where there have been fresh strikes on the front line — just hours after a temporary russian ceasefire came into force. president putin ordered the 36 hour pause to mark orthodox christmas, but a regional governor in eastern ukraine says russian forces are failing to implement their own ceasefire. earlier, president zelensky accused russia of playing dirty tricks. translation: now they want to use i christmas as a cover to at least i briefly stop the advance of our guys in donbas and bring equipment,

ammunition and mobilise men closer to our positions. what will this bring? just another increase in the death toll. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite at war to continue the war with renewed vigour. joining me live from the city of ivano—frankivsk in west of the country is ukrainian mp oleksiy goncharenko. thank you so much forjoining us. here we are around ten hours on from this 36 hour cease—fire that has been officially declared by russia. what have you observed of a truce, if any? it what have you observed of a truce, if an ? ., , , what have you observed of a truce, if an ? . , , ., what have you observed of a truce, ifan? ,., ., if any? it was 'ust a trick from russia. just — if any? it was just a trick from russia. just an _ if any? it was just a trick from russia. just an attempt i if any? it was just a trick from russia. just an attempt to i if any? it was just a trick from j russia. just an attempt to win if any? it wasjust a trick from i russia. just an attempt to win time and an attempt to show putin as a peacemaker which is absolutely ridiculous taking into consideration that russia started this war and if russia really wants to finish the war, it is very easy for them. they

just need to stop fighting and leave the territory of ukraine, and that is all, finish. so that was a trick from the beginning. russia does not respect any cease—fire. they continue shelling, they today attacked several of our cities. and new victims unfortunately. so that was just a trick and nothing else. president zelensky has set that the truce is an attempt to stop the ukrainian military advances in the east, do you think that is one of the considerations of this truce is mike russian army is exhausted. . the last military success was in july. after this starting from september ukraine liberated big parts of our territory and definitely russia wants to have time and a pause, how president biden

said they want oxygen and that is true. that is what they really want and also they want to mess with people around the world, showing that russia wants peace and trying to influence people in western countries and that is absolutely again, ridiculous. if we really want to have peace we do not need to have these tricks from putin. peace for 36 hours. we need peace for 36 years and more and to achieve it we need to restore ukrainian territorial integrity to international law. and integrity to international law. and in reality the only way to do this is by force because it is the only language which russia really understand.— language which russia really understand. ~ . , , ., ., understand. what is the situation where ou understand. what is the situation where you are — understand. what is the situation where you are at _ understand. what is the situation where you are at the _ understand. what is the situation where you are at the moment? . understand. what is the situation where you are at the moment? itj understand. what is the situation i where you are at the moment? it was cuttin: off where you are at the moment? it was cutting off electricity _ where you are at the moment? it was cutting off electricity i _ where you are at the moment? it was cutting off electricity i am _ where you are at the moment? it was cutting off electricity i am here i cutting off electricity i am here because we are a human man ——

humanitarian centre. he also millions of ukrainians are deprived from electricity from running water, thatis from electricity from running water, that is how russia is doing the war. it is a terror against civilians. that is the situation throughout the whole country from east to west. but the west is more peaceful because all of the fighting on the ground is happening in the eastern part of our country. happening in the eastern part of our count . ., ~ happening in the eastern part of our count . ., ,, i. happening in the eastern part of our count . ., ,, . ., happening in the eastern part of our count. ., . ., country. thank you so much for your time. country. thank you so much for your time- thank— country. thank you so much for your time. thank you _ country. thank you so much for your time. thank you for _ country. thank you so much for your time. thank you for taking _ country. thank you so much for your time. thank you for taking the i country. thank you so much for your time. thank you for taking the time | time. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. stay with us here. the japanese people are in morning following the death of emperor care heathrow thousands converge on the imperial passage to pay their respects when it was a nazi was

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that the rail delivery group, which represents train companies in the uk, has made a first pay offer to aslef, the driver's union, to try to end ongoing strike action. it's offered a 4% rise covering both this year and last, and no compulsory redundancies until at least march next year. the group says the offer is conditional on changes to working arrangements. it comes as rail passengers faced another day of disruption with members of the rmt union striking again in a dispute over pay, job security and conditions. the extent of the problems at hospitals over christmas and new year in england has been made clearer today. new nhs data shows that a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units. it comes as new figures show another significant rise in both covid and flu infections. there were more than 5,000 flu patients in hospitals in england last week — up 47 %. last week there were nearly three million covid infections in the uk — double the previous week. that's one in 22 people,

according to the office for national statistics. our health editor hugh pym reports. an a&e department this week. we were allowed in to film at a time of intense strain at royal berkshire hospital. they say they're doing all they can to get people seen. it's always a bit hard, isn't it? i mean, this is always the toughest time of yearfor us. every year it gets a little bit tougher. at some point, something has to change because we can't keep doing this. they've got 100 patients in the hospital who are fit to leave but can't because of hold ups in community care. managers say temporary funding this winter must be continued. to be honest, what would really help is a commitment to that funding on an ongoing basis for the medium and long term, because that enables providers for residential care and domiciliary care to plan for the future with confidence. at saint mary's hospital in london, patient numbers are 16% higher than before the pandemic. they're trying to reduce

the pressure on a&e here at this here at this same day, emergency care centre. patients who can be treated quickly are dealt with and if need be, they can come back for follow ups. the key thing is they won't need hospital beds. but the boss says hospital buildings haven't kept up with demand. we are having to manage a much larger patient number in a very small space. we've clearly also then got a whole range of things. as people recoverfrom the pandemic, we're seeing an increase in the severity of some of the conditions that we're seeing at a different hospital. at a different hospital., sue, who had chest pain, spent 16 hours in a&e. she'd been told to make her own way rather than calling an ambulance. she was appalled by what she saw. to be honest with you, i was just wanting to get out. ijust wanted to get out because i felt i was safer at home than in that hospital.

i didn't feel confident. not that they didn't know what they were doing. theyjust there just wasn't enough people to do what was necessary. she says there are 25 people waiting at the moment for admission. - the health secretary visiting watford general hospital today defended the government's record at a time when the treasury is under very significant pressure because of the costs of the pandemic. the costs of a war in europe, the impact that has on cost of living on energy prices. the chancellor has prioritised the nhs and social care. more health strikes are threatened. junior doctors say they're voting on a plan to take three days of action in england in march. if we do go on strike, obviously we'll be giving employers enough time to make provisions and make sure that patient safety is at the forefront of that. but right now we feel that the situation is so desperate that we need to take action for for everyone involved, including the patients. a union representing ambulance staff.

unite has called a strike on january the 23rd, adding to the walk—outs already planned this month by other unions. hugh pym, bbc news. the former italian football star, gianluca vialli, has died, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. the striker, who was 58, won league titles with sampdoria and juventus in italy. he finished his playing career in london with chelsea, winning several cups as player and manager. jane dougall looks back at his life. a little bit of british space history is happening next week in cornwall. for the first time the uk is attempting to launch a rocket into space from british soil — and send satellites into orbit. the blast—off will take place at spaceport cornwall in newquay. britain's space industry is growing quickly and this is just the first of a number of launches planned from around the uk as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. coming into land at spaceport cornwall, a jumbo jet with a difference — getting ready to make history. the plane will release a rocket

mid—air, which will fire its engines and send satellites into orbit. the first time this has been done from british soil. matthew stannard will be at the controls. it's incredible. a huge amount of pride that i get to be involved in this. it's a big dealfor the uk. it's a big dealfor cornwall. and the idea that i get to be the pilot on this mission is incredible. this is what's on board the rocket. small satellites. the uk is a leader in this industry. it's driven the growth of a space economy worth £16.5 billion, employing nearly 50,000 people. but until now, british—made satellites had to be sent abroad to launch. for the first time, the uk has all the pieces of the jigsaw to be able to design and develop satellites, launch them from the uk, operate them from the uk. we can operate an entire ecosystem in a really fantastic closed loop. a vital part of that is building rockets. in cumbernauld, just outside

of glasgow, skyrora havejust opened up a new facility. they're busy working on a prototype before building a larger rocket to launch in the uk. and this is attracting a young workforce. i think it's a really fast growing industry. a lot of young people are really interested in this, so really putting a lot of work into working in the industry. for example, me, the hands—on experience as well as designing things as well as working on all sorts of engineering projects — it's really good. what you see here really is the start of the uk's space launch industry. the rockets are starting to take shape and the idea is to bring everything to britain — from building the satellites to the rockets that carry them and the spaceports where they launch. there are a lot of opportunities, but challenges, too. one of these is building a launch site at the northernmost tip of the uk. in unst, one of the shetland islands, the saxavord spaceport is aiming for the uk's first—ever

vertical rocket launch. this isolated location has been selected because it means the rocket can fly without passing over populated areas. there's a hive of activity, and the concrete's just set on a launch pad — one of three planned. i think the first response from the locals was probably maybe it was an april fool or something like that. and then there's been real excitement about what we've been doing. and there will be jobs. the rocket companies that we're working with are already identifying those roles that can be fulfilled by local people, that they don't bring somebody in as part of their team to do some refuelling of the rocket. that actually those skills, those people can be trained locally to perform them. shetland and cornwall aren't the only new spaceports. more are planned around the uk — and other countries are doing this, too. the global space market is getting increasingly crowded. not every venture will make it.

there's a long way to go for the uk, but the hope is that high risk can bring sky—high rewards. rebecca morrelle, bbc news. ple nty plenty more still to come to stay with us— plenty more still to come to stay with us on— plenty more still to come to stay with us on bbc news. it's been a mild, wet and windy start to 2023 and that trend will continue really for most of us for the next 5 to 10 days. and for the next 5 to 10 days. that rain piles up particul through and that rain piles up particularly through tonight for the start of saturday showers follow you see the wettest weather expected in the west perhaps as much as 40 mm through some parts of wales in the south west but all of us will see some rain. it is a good job that we had a brief window of our spy on friday for many but as he could see that brain is much being in during the course of the night for northern ireland scotland there is a met office yellow warning across wales and south—west because there is a concern with the grounds saturated

in rains lasted quite a long time, we can have further flood issues. the head of that temperatures will dip away, a chilly start to tonight but they will lift later on. the weekend is looking unsettled. rain, showers and some strong winds to go with that as well. some fairly strong winds with this band of rain that then clears away for much of scotland, northern ireland and the south—west but it tracks its heels across eastern areas during the day, it may linger but lots of showers rushing in and the winds escalate to gale force. temperatures actually fall away during the day after a very mild night. i think as well, add that wind on it will be tempered add that wind on it will be tempered a little. winds touching gale force as you see in northern and western areas lots of showers continuing to saturday night into sunday as well so it will not be called by either as we head toward sunday morning. a bit more brightness and sunshine around in the course of sunday. low pressure closer to our shores as to

with it, gale force winds as well as heavy showers rumbles of thunder, still cold enough for a little bit of snow on tops of the mountains across scotland but again nothing too cold for this time of year when we would normally expect our lowest temperatures to be around 7—9 degrees celsius. starting next week we may see refresh bite from those strong winds in showers as this ridge of high pressure builds and particularly monday night, quite chilly but waiting in the wings we have at next spell of wet and windy weather so it does look again, unsettled and mild by tuesday.

this is bbc news, the headlines ukraine says russia is continuing to carry out attacks — despite declaring a ceasefire for the orthodox christmas. president putin ordered the 36 hour pause — but a regional governor in eastern ukraine says russian forces are failing to implement it. on the second anniversary of the january sixth attack on the us capitol building, the house of representatives meets for a fourth day to try to select a speaker this is the scene live in congress where republican kevin mccarthy has lost vote number 12 , but he has gained more support for his bid to lead the lower chamber there have been more claims and allegations about the royal family that have been leaked from prince harry's autobiography, �*spare'. kensington palace and buckingham

palace have both said they will not comment.